Morning Minutes: Dec. 13

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.

Word of the Day

Retrodict ret-ruh-DIKT (verb) To utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs) - www.merriam-webster.com

Website of the Day

3-D picture album
www.photosynth.net

This site is not your ordinary photo album. It finds the correlation between print and digital photography. This is a fun way to share your pictures with a twist: a 3-D photo tool called “synth,” which will group your pictures together in fun ways.

Number to Know

842 million mph: The approximate speed that Santa has to travel if he’s going to hit every house on his list.

This Day in History

Dec. 13, 2003: Saddam Hussein is captured near his hometown of Tikrit.

Today’s Featured Birthday

Musician Taylor Swift (23)

Daily Quote

“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” - Larry Wilde

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